Productivity Analysis of Mango Based Agroforestry Systems in the Madhupur Sal Forest of Bangladesh

Abstract

The study was carried out in the Madhupur Sal forest of Bangladesh to perform the productivity analysis of mango-based agroforestry systems. In order to achieve the objective, three different mango-based agroforestry systems along with three control plots having three replications were randomly selected in three sites of the study area. The size of individual study plot was 33 decimals. The selected three mango-based agroforestry systems were viz. i) mango + pineapple+ ginger + papaya + banana + turmeric, ii) mango + pineapple + ginger + papaya + banana, and iii) mango + turmeric+ papaya + aroid based agroforestry systems. In order to calculate the productivity of respective mango-based agroforestry systems as well as sole cropping performance, data related to incurred cost, total yield and income from tree and crop components, soil samples for soil chemical properties changes were collected from each plot that produced BCR and LER. The results revealed that the total calculated cost of production (tk/ha) and total yield (tk/ha) from selected mango-based agroforestry systems were Tk. 202421, 186373 and 163631 along with Tk. 1076344, 956095 and 816520 respectively. The BCR and LER of the selected above mango-based agroforestry systems were 5.32, 5.13, 4.99 and 3.27, 2.76, 2.32 respectively. Therefore, mango-based agroforestry systems are more profitable than sole cropping system.